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Traveler Knowledge Exchange in Region 6
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- Apr 26, 2022, 10:00am
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- Philippines Western Visayas Iloilo City Dungon Batiano River 10.69329, 122.5724610°41’36” N 122°34’21” E
Day 3
More of economic history
April 26, 2022 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
The Museum of Philippine Economic History showcases the role of Iloilo as the economic and political center of the country. The building is a century-old landmark formerly called as Elizalde Building before this was brought by COA. COA donated the property to the National Historical Commission of the Philippines which will manage the museum.

Its the only museum in the country to solely showcase economic history.Read more
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Traveler Medical Elective
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- Apr 6, 2018
- ⛅ 31 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- Philippines Western Visayas Iloilo City Dungon Batiano River 10.696086, 122.5647910°41’46” N 122°33’53” E
Day 21
Rest day
April 6, 2018 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Decided not to go in today and had a lie in until about 10am. I then needed to go get my visa extension from the immigration office. Emma came with me as she needed hers too. We had been told to wear smart covered clothes and so we dressed appropriately. We got there to find that they wouldn’t let Emma in the room as she didn’t have covered shoes on! This caused a bit of a fuss as we needed to get them today. Eventually a woman came out and said that if she was paid 500 pesos she could do it for Emma and she wouldn’t even have to go in the room. We weren’t entirely sure if this was legitimate but she came out of the office so we kind of had to go with it. Had to also pay 1000 extra to get it done same day, otherwise they were going to keep our passports until next week! We had to wait an hour for it to be done so we went to a cute coffee shop to get a frappe and some brunch. I had banana Nutella waffles that were delicious. We eventually collected our passports and headed over to SM city shopping mall to get a few bits ready for the weekend. We headed back to the house and I sat and did a bit of planning for my Palawan trip next weekend. We then had dinner and went out for desserts as it was some of the girls last nights. Had so much cake that we could hardly move! Then headed home to pack and go to bed as we had an early start the next day.Read more
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Traveler Medical Elective
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- Apr 9, 2018
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- Philippines Western Visayas Iloilo City Dungon Batiano River 10.698767, 122.57119310°41’56” N 122°34’16” E
Day 24
Obs and gynae day 1
April 9, 2018 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Up at 7am to have breakfast. French toast, bacon and syrup, my favourite! Excited to see some babies being delivered. Was on shift with Prachi who has been on O&G for ages so she was going to show me the ropes. Had to get changed into fresh scrubs and then made our way onto the ward.
Here there is a private room for paying patients and a delivery room with 2 beds in it for those that can’t afford to pay. Next to the delivery room is basically a holding room for women to labour in. There are 3 “beds” but usually at least 5 women in there, some of which have to stand up. They are shouted at and told to be quiet if they make too much noise!
They are assessed intermittently for cervical dilation and only when they get to 10cm are they moved into the delivery room. There are no partners allowed and so these poor women have to go through it all by themselves. Saw 2 deliveries both of which had episiotomies, both seemingly unnecessarily. Once baby is delivered it is taken into a room next door and assessed then put in a little crib away from Mum. There are posters everywhere about the importance of early skin to skin contact and breastfeeding but this just doesn’t happen. Some of the babies are in this room for hours before they get given back to their Mum and so don’t get fed. We spend our time in between deliveries cuddling the babies and trying to comfort them.
One delivery happened in the holding room as the baby basically just fell out! There was no sense of urgency to help the poor woman.
Stayed in the delivery room until midday and then headed back to the house. Had some lunch and then went to my room to relax for a bit. After this I sat and made plans with Hannah, Emma and Lisa to go to Cebu weekend after next. We booked our flights and hostel so now all of my weekend plans are sorted until I come home. I also did a bit of laundry from the weekend.
We had dinner and then decided we wanted to go out for a glass of wine. Went to a place 10 mins walk from our house in a hotel. It was a rooftop bar but unfortunately there was a thunderstorm and so it was raining heavily. We sat inside and had wine and cocktails which was really nice. Headed back at around 10pm and video called Roger which was really nice. Had a good catch up for over an hour and then headed to bed.Read more
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Traveler Medical Elective
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- Apr 10, 2018
- 🌙 27 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- Philippines Western Visayas Iloilo City Dungon Batiano River 10.699856, 122.57046810°41’59” N 122°34’14” E
Day 25
Obs and gynae day 2
April 10, 2018 on the Philippines ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
Had an afternoon shift today so was able to have a lie in until 10.30am! Got up and had some breakfast then chilled out for a while until I had to go in. Was on delivery room again but with Cristina today who is a midwife. Saw 3 deliveries today, 1 of which was actually completely normal and quite nice, no episiotomy! One of them Cristina spotted in the holding area and could see the head so tried to tell the doctors to come in. They eventually tried to get the woman into the delivery room by which time the baby was half way out! Bit of a shambles really. Cuddled a few babies and finished at around 5.30pm. Then headed back to the house for dinner. We then went out as a group to get massages. It was at a place called Spa Riviera which was a jeepney ride away. There was an overwhelming smell of lemon as I went in which actually made me feel quite sick! We were given robes and slippers and got changed ready to go. We decided to have hot stone massages which actually felt really nice. The main issue I had was that my masseuse kept burping and coughing throughout and so it wasn’t really very relaxing. It did last an hour though and only cost about £7, not bad really. Got given some peppermint tea after but mine was far too hot to drink. We then got in a taxi back to the house and I went to bed.Read more
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Traveler Taiwan-Philippines 2019
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- Apr 5, 2019, 12:57pm
- ⛅ 34 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- Philippines Western Visayas Iloilo City Dungon Batiano River 10.70279, 122.56842710°42’10” N 122°34’6” E
Day 7
Museo Iloilo
April 5, 2019 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
Entrance fee 50 piso for small museum.
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Traveler Knowledge Exchange in Region 6
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- Apr 26, 2022, 9:59am
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- Philippines Western Visayas Iloilo City Dungon Batiano River 10.70151, 122.5689110°42’5” N 122°34’8” E
Day 3
Breathing Iloilo History at Museo Iloilo
April 26, 2022 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Good collection of artifacts on local history.
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